Sweden made the “wrong decision” in weakening its military defences after the end of the cold war, the head of the country’s navy has said, as parliament agreed a 40 per cent spending increase to combat growing Russian aggression in the Baltic region.
Financial Times: Swedish navy chief says military cutbacks ‘wrong decision’
Soldiers from the Swedish Army's Gotland regiment load a machine gun on a range on the island of Gotland on Feb. 5, 2019.
